This is my belated birthday post. I missed it by a couple of weeks, but I wanted to put something about not being 25 any more. I honestly think this might have been my favorite year yet. I can't say that defininitively because it's entirely possible that some of the popsicles-bare-feet-and-tree-climbing years would have given it a run for its money, but I really, really, really liked 25. And actually, I probably had at least one popsicle, definitely ran around barefoot, and definitely climbed a tree or two within this past year. Here are some of the things I did for the first time while I was 25 (in chronological order):
Celebrated my second anniversary
Went on a real live business trip (and ate ~$250 in food on other people's company credit cards)
Signed a contract committing me to $17,000
Ran a half-marathon
Went to Ecuador
-Crossed the equator
-Gave food & Christmas parties to ~10,000 people living in dumps, elderly asylums, etc.
-Took about 500 Polaroids, lots of them of Quichua Indians
Sang a song in front of a couple hundred people
Went to Scotland
Passed a belt test in karate
Ran an estimated 1,000 miles from 5/9/08 to 5/9/09
I'll have to get creative to have as much new stuff for next year.
